Date April 21, 2007 | Attendance 15,114 (12,708 paid) | |
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Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship Venue Manchester Evening News Arena City Manchester, United Kingdom Total gate $2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP) | ||
Ufc 70 nations collide post fight
UFC 70: Nations Collide was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester on Saturday, April 21, 2007. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since UFC 38. The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.
Contents
- Ufc 70 nations collide post fight
- Ufc 70 nations collide predicitions
- Background
- Bonus awards
- References
The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating (2.8 million viewers), and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.
Ufc 70 nations collide predicitions
Background
2006 PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion, Mirko Filipović fought Heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture.
The card also featured Michael Bisping fighting in England for the UFC for the first time against UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski taking on prize fighter and training partner of Mirko Filipović and future UFC Heavyweight Champion, Fabrício Werdum who was making his UFC debut.
Reports have indicated that the UFC was targeting this event for its debut on HBO, but negotiations with HBO were not completed in time for UFC 70. As a result, the card instead aired on Spike TV in North America at 9 pm EDT on a 6-hour tape delay.
Lyoto Machida was originally scheduled to fight Forrest Griffin at this event, but Griffin became ill with a staph infection and could not compete on the card.
Bonus awards
The bonuses for this event were $30,000 each.